John Collins vs. Darryl Dawkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darryl Dawkins and John Collins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

John Collins played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Darryl Dawkins, who played 14. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Darryl Dawkins had his rookie season in 1975-76. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
John Collins	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24
Darryl Dawkins	14	10	1975-76 to 1988-89

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
Darryl Dawkins	37	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	1.1	1.1	2.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.333

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	61	30.0	19.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	2.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	3.3	7.6	13.6	.560	0.9	2.6	.348	3.3	4.4	.763
Darryl Dawkins	59	11.6	5.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	-	2.2	2.3	3.6	.628	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.506

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	18	18.4	7.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.9	0.4	1.0	-	2.6	2.8	5.3	.526	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.660


Season 3
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	41	33.2	21.6	2.8	7.3	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.8	3.4	8.6	14.8	.583	1.4	3.6	.401	2.9	3.7	.800
Darryl Dawkins	70	24.6	11.7	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	4.7	8.2	.575	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	10	18.0	6.3	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	2.7	5.3	.509	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.529


Season 4
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	63	29.3	17.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.1	6.8	12.2	.556	1.3	3.3	.399	2.7	3.2	.833
Darryl Dawkins	78	26.1	13.1	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	5.5	10.7	.517	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	18	32.0	13.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.3	3.3	5.6	10.1	.549	1.1	3.1	.357	1.7	2.0	.833
Darryl Dawkins	9	28.3	16.0	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	6.2	11.8	.528	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.681


Season 5
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	54	30.8	16.2	1.7	6.1	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	11.9	.526	1.2	3.3	.364	2.5	3.1	.793
Darryl Dawkins	80	31.8	14.7	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	6.2	11.8	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	5	24.4	9.4	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.4	3.8	7.8	.487	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	2.0	.500
Darryl Dawkins	18	33.7	17.3	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	7.0	13.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	5.2	.645


Season 6
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	71	30.0	13.1	1.1	5.4	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	5.1	10.0	.508	1.0	3.4	.292	2.0	2.5	.803
Darryl Dawkins	76	27.5	14.0	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	4.2	5.6	9.2	.607	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	6	27.3	11.3	1.2	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.3	10.0	.433	1.8	5.3	.344	0.8	1.0	.833
Darryl Dawkins	16	26.3	13.8	1.8	4.4	6.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.3	.721


Season 7
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795
Darryl Dawkins	48	23.4	11.0	1.4	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.3	7.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	21	21.9	11.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	4.5	4.7	8.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.660


Season 8
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	81	25.8	12.0	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	5.0	8.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	2	29.5	18.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	8.5	11.0	.773	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 9
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	81	29.8	16.8	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	6.3	10.6	.593	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	5.7	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	11	30.9	18.4	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	6.0	10.7	.559	0.0	0.3	.000	6.4	7.5	.843


Season 10
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	39	24.9	13.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.2	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	3	21.3	8.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	7.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 11
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	51	23.7	15.3	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.4	4.5	5.6	8.6	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.8	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 12
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	6	17.7	9.5	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.2	3.3	5.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	6	5.5	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	2.3	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.5	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	John Collins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	14	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Collins vs. Darryl Dawkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darryl Dawkins and John Collins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14